80/100BPayPal Holdings company profile
- CEO
- Enrique J. Lores
- Employees
- 23,800
- Headquarters
- 2211 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131, US
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Credit Services
- IPO date
- 6 Jul 2015
- Stock exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US70450Y1038
Website:paypal.com
About the company
PayPal Holdings, Inc. provides a worldwide technological framework that facilitates digital financial transactions for both businesses and individual users. The company offers a wide array of payment services through well-known brands such as PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy. Through its extensive platform, consumers are able to send and receive funds across roughly 200 global markets and in approximately 100 different currencies. Additionally, users can transfer money to their bank accounts in 56 currencies and maintain account balances in 25 distinct currencies within their PayPal accounts. Founded in 1998, the company's corporate headquarters are situated in San Jose, California.
Employees
PayPal Holdings had about 23,800 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 2.5% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns PayPal Holdings
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 72.3% of PayPal Holdings's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,512 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about PayPal Holdings
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings